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Preparing for my first con

A month for now I will be attending my first science fiction convention. As a result, I’m getting prepared. No, it’s not getting some goofy costume or whatever ready. I’m doing what attracted me to the convention — reading.

ReaderCon 18 is the first weekend in July. It is a convention that focuses on the […]

Weekend marginalia

Catch-up items from what was a very hectic last seven days:

Probably a good thing they were Buddhists. Crawdaddy, one of the music magazines I grew up with, is now an on-line publication after a several decade absence. (Via.) I might have appreciated this article on SF writers without the references to them being “deviant” […]

Education funding rant

Neale inquired in the last post why my kids were going to college in Nebraska. I was simply going to respond in the comments but his question combined with something in the local daily to lead me to a rant.

To clarify, my oldest daughter does attend the University of South Dakota and loves it. […]